Joint pain can come from many different sources, including arthritis, previous injuries, tendon problems, inflammation, or changes in the tissues surrounding a joint.

Before recommending treatment, we want to understand what is actually causing your pain.

Platelet-rich plasma, or PRP, is made from a small sample of your own blood. We concentrate the platelets and inject the resulting plasma into the area being treated.

Platelets contain growth factors and signaling proteins involved in the body's healing response. PRP may help reduce pain and improve function in certain joint and soft-tissue conditions.

PRP has not been shown to reliably regrow cartilage or reverse advanced arthritis. However, the evidence does support PRP for certain musculoskeletal conditions.

For knee osteoarthritis, studies have shown that PRP can reduce pain and improve function, with benefits that may last for several months or longer in appropriately selected patients. There is also evidence supporting PRP for some chronic tendon problems, such as tennis elbow and certain patellar and Achilles tendon conditions.

PRP isn't a cure for arthritis, and it isn't right for every injury. Our goal is to use it where the evidence suggests it can meaningfully improve pain and function—not to promise that it can rebuild a damaged joint. How do I know if I'm a good candidate for PRP?

It depends on your diagnosis, the severity of the problem, your symptoms, previous treatments, and sometimes imaging.

We’ll evaluate what’s going on first and tell you whether PRP makes sense—or whether you would be better served by another treatment.

PRP isn't an instant pain-relieving injection. The goal is to influence the body's healing and inflammatory response, so improvement generally occurs gradually rather than immediately.

We'll explain what you can realistically expect based on the condition we're treating.